Speaker summary
35%7 analyzed articles/videos610 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Usha Vance results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Straw Man, and Tu Quoque, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 18.6% saturation with 209 hits. Analysis detected 979.302 faulty-reasoning hits from 610 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (25,844 of 26,968 speakers). This Usha Vance is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
6.2% BS Score7 analyzed videos610 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 16.0%16.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.2%12.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 1.3%1.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 0.0%Straw Man: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 15.9%Tu Quoque: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 2.5%Middle Ground: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate